Re: Arctometatarsalia and Alvarezsauria

["T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for the excellent sum-up!

>   Alvarezsauria Bonaparte, 1991
>     Alvarezsauridae Bonaparte, 1991
>       Alvarezsaurus Bonaparte, 1991
>       Patagonykus Novas, 1996
>       Mononykinae (modified from Perle et al., 1993)
>         Shuvuuia Chiappe et al., 1998
>         Mononykus Perle et al., 1993
>         Parvicursor Karhu and Rautian, 1996
>         NA mononyke (Hutchinson and Chiappe, 1999)
> 
>   [once again, let's not mention the _other_ ones, you know what I'm
> talking about.... :) ]

How about "Ornithomimus" minutus Marsh 1892 (a partial metatarsus)? IIRC, Holtz
1994 (or 1996?) mentions that it may be related to Mononykus.



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